Archaeologists and historians have launched an investigation into a deadly naval drama which unfolded more than a century ago off the coast of Yorkshire. For the past 103 years, a German submarine (UC47) from the First World War has lain largely forgotten at the bottom of the North Sea 22 miles off Flamborough Head. Sunk by the royal navy in November […]
Searchers have found the wreckage of the USS Lexington, the aircraft carrier sunk 76 years ago near Australia during the world’s first carrier-versus-carrier battle. The Lexington was critically damaged by Japanese forces during the Battle of the Coral Sea on May 8, 1942, and the U.S. Navy was forced to scuttle it. The ship’s wreck was located […]
The Hyksos once ruled Egypt, but they didn’t arrive as invaders. A mysterious dynasty of foreigners may not have invaded and taken control of ancient Egypt as was long thought. Rather, the ethnic group known as the Hyksos seems to have seized power from within Egypt. The Hyksos ruled Egypt from 1638 B.C. to 1530 B.C. But […]
A hidden drawing by Pablo Picasso has been found beneath one of the artist’s abstract paintings, called “Still Life.” A team from the Art Institute of Chicago was interested in looking more closely at the painting, which is held at the institute, to help understand its complex layers of paint and areas where the painting […]
Audrey Withers was determined her magazine would be political, progressive and powerful. She commissioned Lee Miller to take photos from the front – and created a publication that went far beyond fashion Amid the rubble of a bombed building stands a woman, immaculate in hat and gloves, wearing the kind of nipped-in suit that screams […]
The Navy confirmed this week that a clerical error led to the decades-long confusion over the number of survivors of the Portland-class cruiser USS Indianapolis’ sinking in 1945, saying it was the number of personnel on board the ship that was incorrect, not the number of survivors. Sam Cox, director of the Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC), […]
Construction will begin Wednesday on the $14 million Bollinger Canopy of Peace, a sprawling, three-pointed expanse of steel and fiberglass that will serve as the defining architectural feature of the National World War II Museum and the newest distinctive addition to the New Orleans skyline. Larger than a football field, the bright white canopy will […]
U.S. Rep. John Joyce announced Thursday that he has introduced legislation that would award the United States’ highest military honor to a World War II hero from Bedford County. Joyce’s House Resolution 7835 would authorize President Donald Trump to award the Medal of Honor to Lt. Eric Fisher Wood Jr., who died during the Battle […]
A clay head that dates back almost 3,000 years may be a rare depiction of Yahweh, — God — whose image the Israelites were forbidden from creating according to the Ten Commandments, an archaeologist reports. But two experts in the field have denounced the idea that this head figure represents God. Yahweh is the God […]
Diaries and manuscripts turn spotlight on little-known acts of endurance and bravery From quiet acts of bravery, to overt acts of rebellion, Jewish resistance to the Holocaust took many forms, yet research shows they remain largely unacknowledged in traditional UK teachings about the genocide. A new exhibition, drawing on thousands of previously unseen documents and manuscripts, is […]
